Odisha filmmaker gets National Award for ‘Adim Vichar’

Odisha filmmaker Sabyasachi Mohapatra received the National Film Award for the best Odia film in the regional category for his film ‘Adim Vichar’.

The award-winning Odisha director received the Rajat Kamal for ‘Adim Vichar’ from President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan here today. The award was announced in the last week of March.

Shashi Kapoor, honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, couldn’t attend and the veteran actor will be feted in Mumbai soon.

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The award ceremony, with 45 awards in the Feature Film category and a total of 21 awards in the Non-Feature film category, was attended by Bollywood bigwigs along with leading lights of the Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Assamese film industries.

The ceremony also saw performances by award winners Sukhwinder Singh, who won the Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Bismil” from “Haider”, and Uttara Unnikrishanan, who bagged the Best Playback Female Singer for the song “Azhagu” from Tamil movie “Saivam”.

A special film on Shashi Kapoor was also shown on the occasion, where Pallavi Joshi and Rajat Kapoor played the hosts.

The president too gave “special congratulations” to the ailing 77-year-old actor.

“My special congratulation is to Shri Shashi Kapoor, who has been honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. His contribution to cinema has been tremendous. He is a true living legend. He began his career as a child artist in the films ‘Aag’ and ‘Awara’, and then we saw him as a flamboyant hero in many blockbuster films.”

“He made his mark not only as an actor, but also as a producer and made remarkable contribution to the Indian cinema, where he balanced his work in theatre and cinema. Shri Sashi Kapoor is the third person to win the Dadasaheb Phalke award in his family — the other two being Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. I wish him a long and healthy life,” he said.

Dressed in a floor sweeping gown, Kangana Ranaut received the Best Actress honour from the president. The Best Actor award was picked up by Vijay for his “subtle and non-stereotypical playing of a woman trapped in a man’s body”, in Kannada film “Nanu Avanalla Avalu”.

The team of “Haider” – a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Hamlet” – set in the backdrop of Kashmir, was also present at the ceremony where the film won Best Dialogues and Music Direction for the film’s director Vishal Bhardwaj; Best Choreography for Norway-based Sudesh Adhana; and Best Costume Designer for Dolly Ahluwalia.

Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl received the honours for “Queen” for the Best Hindi film.